CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Konstantin Checkhovskoi, 44, a citizen of St. Petersburg, Russia, was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in federal prison for attempting to illegally export more than $100,000 in firearm parts from the United States. Checkhovskoi was apprehended by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agents[Read More…]

Attorney General Madigan & Secret Service Announce Charges Against Florida Defendants for Gas Station Credit & Debit Card Skimming Scheme Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—March 15, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced charges against six Florida residents for skimming information off credit and debit cards used at gas stations across[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser A federal jury in Chicago has convicted two U.S. Postal Service employees for scheming to deliver marijuana through the mail. Over a five-month period in 2016, Marvin Jones and Angela Wansley who worked at the Tinley Park Post Office, intercepted parcels of marijuana[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—February 22, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser A federal jury has convicted Benjamine Biancofiori, 38 of Naperville of sex trafficking charges for violently forcing women to engage in prostitution between 2007 and 2016. Biancofiori promised the women financial security in order to get them to perform commercial sex acts on[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2018 By:  Danielle Perry The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its fourth quarter report for 2017 to the City Council. The report summarizes the Office’s activity from October 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. In his cover letter Inspector General Joe Ferguson addresses[Read More…]

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—January 5, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today that a Cook County Circuit Court Judge Peggy Chiampas has found that Jose Montanez, a registered sex offender is a Sexually Violent Person (SVP). Montanez, 61 will remain in the custody of the Illinois Department of Human Services[Read More…]

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—January 2, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today that Santos Reyna, 42, of Pingree Grove, Ill., was charged in Kane County Circuit Court with 10 counts of possession of child pornography and two counts of dissemination of child pornography. The possession charges are Class 2 felonies[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 31, 2017 By: Danielle Perry  Former City of Chicago Tow Truck Driver Lennie Perry was sentenced to 9 years in prison for a bribery scheme conducted while a City employee. An investigation by the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) in conjunction with the Office of the[Read More…]